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6:40 PM ET, November 3, 2006

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Catherine Tsai / ABCNEWS:
Evangelist Admits Meth, Massage, No Sex  —  National Evangelical Leader, Gay Marriage Opponent, Admits to Meth and Massage but Not Gay Sex  —  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Nov 3, 2006 (AP)— Evangelist Ted Haggard admitted Friday that he bought methamphetamine and received a massage from a gay prostitute …
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David Montero / Rocky Mountain News:
Haggard's sex accuser fails polygraph  —  A former male prostitute who accused Colorado Springs pastor Ted Haggard of engaging in gay sex over the course of three years failed a polygraph test administered Friday morning in Denver.  —  The polygrapher, John Kresnik, said the results …
CNN:
Evangelical leader says he bought meth but 'never used it' … COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (CNN) — The Rev. Ted Haggard, who resigned as one of the nation's top evangelical leaders, admitted Friday he had contacted male prostitute Mike Jones for a massage and bought drugs from him.
MSNBC:
Accused pastor admits he bought meth  —  But Haggard claims he never used drug that he bought from gay escort … COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Rev. Ted Haggard admitted Friday he bought methamphetamine and received a massage from a gay prostitute who claims he was paid for drug-fueled trysts …
Alan Cooperman / Washington Post:
Church Leader Resigns After Gay Sex Claim
Discussion: TAPPED and NewsBusters.org
Reuters:
Judgment day looms for Saddam  —  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three years after he gave himself up to American soldiers without firing a shot, Saddam Hussein may be condemned to hang on Sunday if an Iraqi court finds him guilty of crimes against humanity.  —  The final act of Saddam's year-old first trial …
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Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
We Need His Kind  —  In praise of Rick Santorum.  —  It has been hard not to experience the election as a brute-force clash between two armies struggling over terrain their soldiers have come to see, inevitably—they are at war, they are exhausted—as the location of the battle, but not its purpose.
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Morning Call:
BREAKING NEWS: Crash on I-78 closes highway in Berks  —  | U.S. Sen. John Kerry's case of combat boot-in-mouth disease has done nothing to improve Rick Santorum's chances of holding onto his job, according to the final Morning Call/Muhlenberg College poll of the fall campaign.
Discussion: SantorumBlog
Opinion Journal:
The Acorn Indictments  —  A union-backed outfit faces charges of election fraud.  —  So, less than a week before the midterm elections, four workers from Acorn, the liberal activist group that has registered millions of voters, have been indicted by a federal grand jury …
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Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Democrats Predict Voter ID Problems
Discussion: The Corner and Blue Crab Boulevard
Howard Schneider / Washington Post:
Unemployment Drops to Five-Year Low  —  Data Fuels Debate Over Direction of the Economy  —  Unemployment dropped to its lowest level in five years last month as U.S. employers added 92,000 new jobs, a sign of continued strength in the economy even as overall growth began to slow.
Discussion: Inactivist and The Strata-Sphere
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Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Liberal bloggers rip party over Lamont  —  National Democrats have abandoned their anti-war Senate candidate in Connecticut, say liberal bloggers who earlier this year were heavily courted by top Democrats in their quest to take over Congress.  —  Democratic nominee Ned Lamont …
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Mary Katharine Ham / Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog:   Least Inspiring Campaign Ads, EVER
Drudge Report:
12 SMARTCARDS GO MISSING IN TENNESSEE; CONTROL ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES  —  Political insiders have expressed alarm after 12 voter smartcards have gone missing from one Shelby County, TN early vote location!  —  The cards are used to activate electronic voting machines.
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The Anchoress:
Los Alamos Locks and Voting Cards - Security is the story - UPDATED
Discussion: Dean's World
Bill Gertz / Washington Times:
U.S. speeds attack plans for North Korea  —  The Pentagon has stepped up planning for attacks against North Korea's nuclear program and is bolstering nuclear forces in Asia, said defense officials familiar with the highly secret process.  —  The officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity …
Discussion: QandO and TPMCafe blogs
Martin Kady II / CQ.com:
Ney Says He'll Resign From House  —  Rep. Bob Ney, facing certain expulsion from the House after being convicted of two felonies in relation to the Jack Abramoff scandal, said on Friday he will resign by the end of the day.  —  Ney, who pleaded guilty Oct. 13 to making false statements …
Arizona Republic:
McCain is star of Proposition 107 TV commercials  —  Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., a likely 2008 presidential aspirant, is starring in two new television spots for Proposition 107, a proposed state constitutional amendment that would ensure that same-sex marriages or civil unions are never legal …
Andrew Duffy / National Post:
Steyn's book can't be found in Canada  —  Author says bookstore chain 'boycotting' best-seller  —  A Canadian author's book about the need to defend Western civilization against Islam's demographic juggernaut — and the United States' vital role in that effort — has become a best-seller …
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
A Duel, but Not Decisive  —  According to the pollsters, pundits and pols — Democratic and nervous Republican — a great anti-Republican wave is a-coming.  Well, let's assume major Democratic gains: 20 to 25 House seats and four to six Senate seats.  The House goes Democratic for the first time in 12 years.
Maddy Sauer Reports / The Blotter:
RNC Accepts Money From Army Porn Movie Distributor  —  Despite running an attack ad accusing a Democratic senatorial candidate of accepting money from "porn movie producers," the Republican National Committee itself has accepted several donations over the past few years from the president …
Discussion: AMERICAblog
 
 
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Deborah Solo / Wall Street Journal:
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Fox News:
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Mary Katharine Ham / Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog:
HamNation: Meeting Steele in Maryland
Washington Times:
A look at Pelosi's voting record
Jamie Holly / Crooks and Liars:
It's All About Joe  —  This morning Joe Lieberman talked to Imus …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and MyDD
Josh Brodesky / Arizona Daily Star:
NEWS ELSEWHERE  —  Pederson narrows Kyl lead, poll says
Discussion: Pollster and Daily Kos
Lisa Goddard / CNN:
Leading House Republican: Iraq not a reflection on me
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Kos / Daily Kos:
MT-Sen: APB on this race
Discussion: Redstate and Left in the West
Philip Klein / American Spectator:
Promote Pence
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
TRex / Firedoglake:
OBNOXIOUS!!  —  Day Two of the Big Bad Bus Tour isn't exactly off to a good start.
Discussion: The Empire Zone and MyDD
Houston Chronicle:
Signs link Dems to terror and illegal immigrants
Ronald R. Griffin / Opinion Journal:
Shame on Him  —  John Kerry picked the wrong people to insult.
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IBR/KTVB poll: Brady leads Otter; Grant leads Sali
 

 
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Guthrie Scrimgeour / Wired:
Hawaii's The Garden Island stops using AI-generated newscasters on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram after two months, likely due to the negative public response

Bloomberg:
The DOJ's proposal would require Google to divest from AI partnerships, like with Anthropic, and ban Google from offering exclusive deals to content providers

 
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